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| name = Leonard "Len" F. Werry
| name = Leonard "Len" F. Werry
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| birth_place =[[Cereal, Alberta]]
| birth_place =[[Cereal, Alberta]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1973|2|25|1927|5|30}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1973|2|25|1927|5|30}}
| death_place=near [[Edson, Alberta]]<ref name="google">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19730226&id=QIMuAAAAIBAJ&pg=815,7644229|title=The Montreal Gazette - Google News Archive Search|accessdate=November 16, 2014}}</ref>
| death_place=near [[Edson, Alberta]]<ref name="MontrealGazette1973-02-26">{{cite news |title=Alberta minister Len Werry dies in car accident |work=The Montreal Gazette |agency=Canadian Press |date=February 26, 1973 |location=Edson, AB |page=41 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19730226&id=QIMuAAAAIBAJ&pg=815,7644229}}</ref>
| residence =
| residence =
| office = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta]]
| office = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta]]
| constituency = [[Calgary Bowness]]
| constituency = [[Calgary Bowness]]
| term_start = 1967
| term_start = May 23, 1967
| term_end = 1971
| term_end = August 29, 1971
| predecessor = [[Charles Edward Johnston|Charles Johnston]]
| predecessor = [[Charles Edward Johnston|Charles Johnston]]
| successor =District abolished
| successor =District abolished
| constituency1= [[Calgary-Foothills]]
| constituency1= [[Calgary-Foothills]]
| term_start1=1971
| term_start1=August 30, 1971
| term_end1=1973
| term_end1=February 25, 1973
| successor1=[[Stewart McCrae (politician)|Stewart McCrae]]
| successor1=[[Stewart McCrae (politician)|Stewart McCrae]]
| predecessor1=New District
| predecessor1=New District
| office2 = [[List of Alberta provincial ministers#Minister of Telephones|Minister of Telephones and Utilities]]
| office2 = [[List of Alberta provincial ministers#Minister of Telephones|Minister of Telephones and Utilities]]
| term_start2 = March 1979
| term_start2 = September 10, 1971
| term_end2 = 1973
| term_end2 = February 25, 1973
| predecessor2 = [[Raymond Reierson]]
| predecessor2 = [[Raymond Reierson]]
| successor2 =[[Roy Farran]]
| successor2 =[[Roy Farran]]
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| website =
}}
}}
'''Leonard Frank Werry''' (May 30, 1927 – February 25, 1973) was a provincial level politician from [[Alberta]], Canada. He served as a Member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]] from 1967 until his death in 1973 and was a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Alberta of Premier [[Peter Lougheed]] from 1971 to 1973.
'''Leonard Frank Werry''' (May 30, 1927 – February 25, 1973) was a provincial level politician from [[Alberta]], Canada. He served as a member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]] from 1967 until his death in 1973 and was a cabinet minister in the government of Alberta, of Premier [[Peter Lougheed]] from 1971 to 1973.


==Political career==
==Political career==
Werry ran as a [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]] candidate in the Northwest Calgary riding of [[Calgary Bowness]] in the [[1967 Alberta general election]]. He defeated former Member of Parliament Charles Johnston in a hotly contested election to pick up that seat for the opposition Progressive Conservatives.<ref name="1967 official">{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1967&Constit=Calgary-Bowness| title=Calgary Bowness results 1967 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=November 22, 2009}}</ref>
Werry ran as a [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]] candidate in the Northwest Calgary riding of [[Calgary Bowness]] in the [[1967 Alberta general election]]. He defeated former Member of Parliament Charles Johnston in a hotly contested election to pick up that seat for the opposition Progressive Conservatives.<ref name="1967 official">{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1967&Constit=Calgary-Bowness| title=Calgary Bowness results 1967 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=November 22, 2009}}</ref>


Werry ran for a second term in office in [[Calgary Foothills|Calgary-Foothills]] in the [[1971 Alberta general election]] as Calgary Bowness was abolished through redistricting. He picked up the new riding with a more comfortable result.<ref name="1971 official">{{cite web | url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1971&Constit=Calgary-Foothills | title=Calgary-Foothills results 1971 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=November 22, 2009 | archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208200433/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1971&Constit=Calgary-Foothills | archive-date=December 8, 2010 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
Werry ran for a second term in office in [[Calgary-Foothills (electoral district)|Calgary-Foothills]] in the [[1971 Alberta general election]] as Calgary Bowness was abolished through redistricting. He picked up the new riding with a more comfortable result.<ref name="1971 official">{{cite web | url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1971&Constit=Calgary-Foothills | title=Calgary-Foothills results 1971 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=November 22, 2009 | archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208200433/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1971&Constit=Calgary-Foothills | archive-date=December 8, 2010 | url-status=dead }}</ref>


The Progressive Conservative party formed government in 1971. Premier [[Peter Lougheed]] appointed Werry as Minister of Telephones and Utilities. He died in a car accident in 1973.<ref name="google2">{{cite journal|title=Cost and Management|author1=Society of Industrial Accountants of Canada|author2=Society of Management Accountants of Canada|author3=Canadian Society of Cost Accountants|author4=Canadian Society of Cost Accountants & Industrial Engineers|journal=Cma : The Management Accounting Magazine = Cma : La Revue de la Comptabilitë de Management|date=1973|issue=v. 47-48|publisher=Society of Management Accountants of Canada.|issn=0010-9592|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UjkcAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=November 16, 2014}}</ref>
The Progressive Conservative party formed government in 1971. Premier [[Peter Lougheed]] appointed Werry as Minister of Telephones and Utilities. Werry died on February 25, 1973, when his car collided with a truck on [[Alberta Highway 16|Highway 16]], approximately nine miles west of [[Edson, Alberta]].<ref name="CalgaryHerald1973-02-25">{{cite news |title=Len Werry dies in highway collision |work=[[Calgary Herald]] |date=February 26, 1973 |location=Edmonton |pages=1–2 |id={{ProQuest|2258338497}}}}</ref><ref name="google2">{{cite journal|title=Cost and Management|author1=Society of Industrial Accountants of Canada|author2=Society of Management Accountants of Canada|author3=Canadian Society of Cost Accountants|author4=Canadian Society of Cost Accountants & Industrial Engineers|journal=CMA: The Management Accounting Magazine|date=1973|volume=47-48|publisher=Society of Management Accountants of Canada|issn=0010-9592|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UjkcAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=November 16, 2014}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024650/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024650/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]
* {{AlbertaMLAbio|ID=0438}}


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[[Category:Road incident deaths in Canada]]
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Latest revision as of 21:33, 22 October 2024

Leonard "Len" F. Werry
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office
May 23, 1967 – August 29, 1971
Preceded byCharles Johnston
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
ConstituencyCalgary Bowness
In office
August 30, 1971 – February 25, 1973
Preceded byNew District
Succeeded byStewart McCrae
ConstituencyCalgary-Foothills
Minister of Telephones and Utilities
In office
September 10, 1971 – February 25, 1973
Preceded byRaymond Reierson
Succeeded byRoy Farran
Personal details
BornMay 30, 1927
Cereal, Alberta
DiedFebruary 25, 1973(1973-02-25) (aged 45)
near Edson, Alberta[1]

Leonard Frank Werry (May 30, 1927 – February 25, 1973) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1967 until his death in 1973 and was a cabinet minister in the government of Alberta, of Premier Peter Lougheed from 1971 to 1973.

Political career

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Werry ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the Northwest Calgary riding of Calgary Bowness in the 1967 Alberta general election. He defeated former Member of Parliament Charles Johnston in a hotly contested election to pick up that seat for the opposition Progressive Conservatives.[2]

Werry ran for a second term in office in Calgary-Foothills in the 1971 Alberta general election as Calgary Bowness was abolished through redistricting. He picked up the new riding with a more comfortable result.[3]

The Progressive Conservative party formed government in 1971. Premier Peter Lougheed appointed Werry as Minister of Telephones and Utilities. Werry died on February 25, 1973, when his car collided with a truck on Highway 16, approximately nine miles west of Edson, Alberta.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Alberta minister Len Werry dies in car accident". The Montreal Gazette. Edson, AB. Canadian Press. February 26, 1973. p. 41.
  2. ^ "Calgary Bowness results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
  3. ^ "Calgary-Foothills results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
  4. ^ "Len Werry dies in highway collision". Calgary Herald. Edmonton. February 26, 1973. pp. 1–2. ProQuest 2258338497.
  5. ^ Society of Industrial Accountants of Canada; Society of Management Accountants of Canada; Canadian Society of Cost Accountants; Canadian Society of Cost Accountants & Industrial Engineers (1973). "Cost and Management". CMA: The Management Accounting Magazine. 47–48. Society of Management Accountants of Canada. ISSN 0010-9592. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
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